Background. To analyze the effects of factors other than the ocular trauma score parameters on visual outcomes in open globe injuries. Methods. Open globe injuries primarily repaired in our hospital were reviewed. The number of surgeries, performance of pars plana vitrectomy (PPV), lens status, affected tissues (corneal, scleral, or corneoscleral), intravitreal hemorrhage, intraocular foreign b...

Traumatic endophthalmitis is a devastating condition that can occur following an open globe injury and result in loss of vision. The use of prophylactic antibiotics is empirical as most surgeons fear complications associated with the same. No systematic review has been performed in English on the role of intravitreal/intracameral antibiotics in preventing traumatic endophthalmitis. We searched ...

PURPOSE To describe epidemiological findings of ocular trauma in childhood in an emergency unit. METHODS A retrospective study was carried out including patients under 16 years old who were treated for ocular trauma at the emergency unit of the Federal University of São Paulo from September 2001 to September 2004. Age, sex, involved eye, place, circumstance and mechanism of injury, initial vi...

Post traumatic endophthalmitis is an uncommon but severe complication of ocular trauma. We aimed to identify the incidence of post traumatic endophthalmitis and its contributing risk factors in Feiz hospital (Isfahan, Iran) from 2006 until 2010. Medical records of 1042 patients with open globe injury were analyzed and data were collected including age, sex, location of being injured, visual acu...

purpose : the goal of this study was evaluation of the incidence rate of posttraumatic endophthalmitis, its clinical features and probable risk factors in repaired open globe injuries. methods : in this retrospective case series, surgical and medical records of 600 patients with open globe injury were reviewed. patients who underwent primary repair (as soon as possible) in khatam-al-anbia eye h...

Ischemic injury to the myocardium is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality around the globe.1 It is worth remembering, however, that this insult to the heart emerged only in the last few centuries, an instant in time from an evolutionary perspective. Thus, any cardioprotective responses to ischemic injury undoubtedly evolved for an entirely different purpose. Beyond pure academic interest,...

Concussion injury to the globe, if not severe enough to rupture the outer coat, causes a temporary expansion of the posterior sclera. This may pass unnoticed without producing any lesion, or may be severe enough to rupture the adjacent vascular structures. The circle of Zinn, by its particular situation around the optic nerve and within the sclera, is liable to such injury and its rupture is a ...

Concussion injury to the globe, if not severe enough to rupture the outer coat, causes a temporary expansion of the posterior sclera. This may pass unnoticed without producing any lesion, or may be severe enough to rupture the adjacent vascular structures. The circle of Zinn, by its particular situation around the optic nerve and within the sclera, is liable to such injury and its rupture is a ...

OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS Maxillofacial trauma frequently involves the bony orbit that surrounds the ocular globe. Concomitant globe injury is a concern whenever orbit trauma occurs and in severe cases can occasionally result in vision loss. The mechanism of injury, physical exam findings, and radiographic imaging can provide useful information concerning the severity of the injury and concerns for...